He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.

When you have a purpose of life it becomes the light to show you the path toward your destination.

What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.

I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

Madame Bovary is myself.

Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.

If you look at all the movies that have made tons of money, almost all of them are great movies. Even Titanic. I think Titanic is a great movie.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

Big-government liberals don't like people with a sense of independence because independent people don't need big government.

I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background.